Veterans' Voices: Leech Lake
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Memories and stories of military veterans from the Leech Lake band of Ojibwe
Memories and stories of military veterans from the Leech Lake band of Ojibwe. Made possible by the MN Arts and Cultural Heritage fund
20 Pieces
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Theodora Redwing didn’t like the sight of blood. But one night, when she was working guard duty for the Navy, a girl cut her wrists and Theodora ha...
- Added: Jun 25, 2023
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Theodora Redwing was a yeoman in the Navy. She trained female recruits and tested them to see what job they could do. And if the recruits didn’t sa...
- Added: Jun 25, 2023
- Length: 02:00
Theodora Redwing went to Navy boot camp at the Naval Training Center in Bainbridge, Maryland. Back then, training wasn’t coed. For female recruits,...
- Added: Jun 25, 2023
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Theodora Redwing was working at Northern States Power in Minneapolis, making photocopies all day long, day after day. There has to be more to life ...
- Added: Jun 25, 2023
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Glen Cloud, Navy, worked the mailroom on the USS Oklahoma City during the Vietnam War. When he took the ship’s helicopter to Vietnam for mail deliv...
- Added: Jun 25, 2023
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Aboard the Navy’s USS Oklahoma City, Glen Cloud was initially sent to work in the mess deck. There he helped serve four meals a day to a crew of 1,...
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For his first duty station in the Navy, Glen Cloud was sent to Yokohama in Japan. He was assigned to the post office and delivered mail in a two-an...
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Glen Cloud went to San Diego for Navy basic training in 1971. One of the punishments for falling asleep in class was the marching party. But Cloud ...
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Glen Cloud joined the Navy during the Vietnam War. The day after arriving at Worm Island for boot camp, he was woken up by yelling sergeants and tr...
- Added: Jun 25, 2023
- Length: 04:00
Rebekay Fineday discusses wars/every tour duty while serving 8 years in the Air Forces
- Added: Jun 25, 2023
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Rebekah Fineday talks about her family and Natives in the Military
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Rebekah Fineday has traveled to many places during her duty in the US Air Force.
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Rebekah Fineday talks about Veterans Combating Trauma
- Added: Jun 25, 2023
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Elaine Flemming on “Why so many Natives join the Military”
- Added: Jun 25, 2023
- Length: 02:00
Elaine Flemming shares experiences of being a woman in the Armed Forces during 1977.
- Added: Jun 25, 2023
- Length: 02:01
Elaine Flemming shares job duties as an Army Jump Master
- Added: Jun 25, 2023
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Elaine Flemming shares her experiences on the 2nd day of Army Boot Camp
- Added: Jun 25, 2023
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Christine Leith talks about “Native Women Warriors”
- Added: Jun 25, 2023
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Christine Leith shares more details aboard the before the Desert Fox skirmish erupts
- Added: Jun 25, 2023
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Christine Leith describes coming from a family of Veterans from Leech Lake
- Added: Jun 25, 2023
- Length: 02:00
